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Download full textMehan, Hugh; And Others – 1981
The Education for All Handicapped Students Act (PL 94-142) mandates a referral process for learning disabled or educationally handicapped students. To see how a local agency implemented the federal law, and to describe institutional decision making in general, the day-to-day decision making activities of educators in a California elementary school…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Smith, Robert T., Ed. – Forum, 1980
Eleven brief articles focus on specific learning disabilities with emphasis on programs in New York State and City. Articles have the following titles and authors: "The History of Learning Disabilities Revisited" (J. Wiederholt, G. Hale); "The Learning in Learning Disability--Ask What, Not Why" (R. Schworm) which stresses the…
Descriptors: Administration, Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Development
Roice, G. Robert, Ed. – 1981
One of five volumes intended to help teachers of mainstreamed handicapped students, the book presents twelve papers on physical education instruction. The following titles and authors are included: "The Heartbreak of Kickball, Dodgeball, and Drop the Hankie--Elementary School Physical Education--The Bases for the Basics" (R. Benton); "Shared…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Deafness, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Fleming, Ava M. – 1999
This paper provides a literature review on the use of assistive technology with students who have disabilities, especially students with learning disabilities. It stresses requirements that assistive technology be included in Individualized Education Programs when necessary. Topics examined in the review include: (1) the use of technology to…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation
Baker, Ronald E.; Ostertag, Bruce A. – 1986
In winter 1985, a survey of all California community colleges was conducted to identify and describe the types of programs and services provided by the colleges to students with developmental disabilities (DD). Questionnaires mailed to all 106 community colleges yielded a 100% response rate. Study findings included the following: (1) 44% of the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Disabilities, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis
Tindall, Lloyd W. – 1982
Strategies and techniques appropriate for providing vocational education and employment to learning-disabled adolescents and adults at both the secondary and postsecondary levels now exist. The first step involves formal and informal activities to appropriately identify learning disabled students. Formal assessments should be conducted by…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Handicap Identification, Individualized Education Programs, Informal Assessment
Agard, Judith Andrews; Brannon, Ruth W. – 1980
The documents make up the final report and executive summary of the Special Teens and Parents (STP) study which investigated the impact of certain provisions of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) on 16 learning disabled secondary students and their parents. Part I of the final report describes the study design (a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Compliance (Legal), Due Process, Federal Legislation
Dick, Marlene – 1992
This manual is designed to help educators who serve students with learning handicaps to provide transition assistance for their students graduating or leaving the school system. Definitions and procedures adopted by the state of California are used as the basis for the manual. The manual describes the role of special education, the role of parents…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Case Studies, Education Work Relationship
Blaine, Nancy – 1982
Designed to assist adult basic education (ABE) teachers and administrators in coping with learning disabled adults, Project BEST (Better Educational Services through Testing) centered on training selected Kansas adult educators in the use of a prescriptive-diagnostic tool for evaluating adults, on providing these teachers with the most current…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Weiss, Rhonda; And Others – 1987
Intended for parents, the guide provides an introduction to learning disabilities, the programs and services available to the learning disabled child through the public schools, the rights of parent and child, as well as suggestions for helping and advocating for the child. The first chapter considers characteristics of learning disabilities,…
Descriptors: Career Education, Child Advocacy, Decision Making, Due Process
Serafica, Felicisima C.; Learner, Kathy M. – 1989
This study investigated the development of teachers' conceptions of learning disabilities (LD) as a function of experience with pupils having LD. An expert group of 25 LD-certified special education teachers, a transition group of 24 regular classroom teachers of mainstreamed LD pupils, and a novice group of 20 undergraduate special education…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Peer reviewedGrigal, Meg; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1997
This study evaluated the transition components of the individualized education programs (IEPs) of 94 high school students with disabilities between the ages of 18 and 21. Results indicated that although most of the transition components complied with mandates of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, they lacked many of the essential…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Educational Legislation
Evaluation and Training Inst., Los Angeles, CA. – 1991
This Vocational Education Resource Package (VERP) was developed to provide materials useful in replicating an exemplary vocational education program for special student populations in the California Community Colleges. This VERP provides information on a basic food service training program for physically disabled, learning disabled, and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Food Service
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. – 1983
Designed to assist service providers as they strive to provide a full service goal for all handicapped pupils, this manual consists of checklists for monitoring compliance with Public Law 94-142 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act). Checklists of components in general policy areas are: (1) policy requirements (LEAs - Local Educational…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Compliance (Legal), Confidentiality, Disabilities
Peer reviewedMerlin, Shirley B.; Rogers, Sue F. – Reading Horizons, 1980
Discusses the changing role and responsibilities of reading teachers and reading specialists in helping to plan and implement the Individualized Education Program (IEP) requirement of Public Law 94-142. (MKM)
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Disabilities, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Objectives
